Hi Everyone..

[pcarsey]

Hi ladies! I miss you all so much but dang is it just me or is everyone else finding all they want to do is hold and love on them precious little babies we have??!! I'm telling you all I ever get done doing anymore is take care of Brayden! DH says he loves just watching us together,he's such a trooper let me tell ya, on those mornings that I just feel like I need a few more winks he takes Brayden in the other room and I hear him whispering to Brayden that they need to let Mommy get a little more sleep for all the hard work she is doing. I'm telling  you this Breastfeeding thing sure is tricky! I have not given up and I refuse to! I'm still pumping and feeding him but it seems like all I ever do is pump or feed! Brayden does get a little formula but it's like 1/4 formula to 3/4 breastmilk. You can tell too, he weighs 8 lbs 12 oz now!!! YAY!! He's getting so big and his cheeks are just getting chubbier! I LOVEEEEEE them!! He's still such a great sleeper, there has been a couple nights that he goes to sleep around 11 and sleeps ALL night long until like 7 am! I was totally shocked the first couple times he did it and it scared the day lights out of me!! I looked outside and it was daylight and I was like HOLY cow!!!!! He is STILL sleeping!?!?! He has such a great temperament too, hardly cries and smiles so much I just want to smack the doctors that say it's just gas! It can't be!! He LOVES his mommy!!.. ahaha

Who would have thought that we would all be in love with these little people like we are! You know what I mean! I never imagined he would take up this much of my time willingly!!!! I just can't get enough of him!

As far as weight goes I am down 37 lbs, which is GREAT!!! I never even gained that much to begin with so pumping isn't so bad afterall! It's getting harder to keep DH away from me though..lol.. He is always counting down the day til he gets to *tear my a$$ apart.. ahaha* He's so funny and such a trooper I just love him! I am going to miss him though! He's been with me everyday all day except for maybe 2 or 3 hours that he and my son go to the gym. I'll be so glad to get to go myself but can't just yet, I don't want everyone all over Brayden and I know it would happen! It's okay though.. in time I will get to go back!!!!!

I hope everyone had a great holiday and are getting ready for the big Father's Day that's coming around the corner!! Anyone have any good suggestions for our *New* Fathers?? I'm not sure yet what I am going to do for DH. He says he doesn't consider himself a new father because he feels like my other two kids are his too.. AWWWEE!!! He is such a good guy let me tell ya! But even still I would like to do something special for him and Brayden.. yanno what I mean! Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

I see so many are popping out babies!!!! I hope I didn't miss anyone when congratulating the new mommies!!!!! If I missed anyone I am truly sorry!! I just don't have much time to get caught up when Brayden is sleeping!

I will get the list updated and get it posted with corrections (Shelia-I will get Elizabeth down for Saraya!) - and all the new additions and new arrivals!! Happy deliveries everyone and I missssssss you all so much!! I will post new pics soon.. DH took the camera with him and it has all the newest pics on it!

Love to all!!
Patty and Brayden!!

[valleybabes]

I am so glad to hear you doing well and dh is giving you a chance to catch up on sleep. Now thats a good guy Patti!  Brayden resembles your kids so much and I bet there just the proudest brother and sister!  I cannot believe your weight loss girl!!!  That is so amazing...I wanna know what your doing or the secret to your success...hehehe  Well I have gained enough already and just don't want to gain anymore because it all goes to the hip and leg area   YUK!!!  I wish you all the best patti and always look forward to reading your posts!!!

Your friend, Delma 27w2d

[saj39]

I agree with you. There aren't enough hours in the day. Sidney is still eating every 3 hours and by the time I finish feeding her and loving on her its time to feed her again. On top of that we are moving and I am about to lose my mind!!!! Its great that yor little oneis sleeping sowell. Sid slept from 10:30-4:30 this am so I guess I should feel lucky, but all my others were sleeping through the night and at least 8 hrs at a time by the time they were 6 weeks! Sid will be 8 weeks on June 2nd. I kinda have always done my own thing with my babies despite the docs orders so I feed her a litle cereal in a feeder at night now and she seems so much happier!!!! Glad to hear you are doing so well!!! Talk yo you soon! Sheri

[Van73]

Yeppers, we are busy with our little ones and I wouldnt have it any other way! I love just looking at my baby boy and just kissing his sweet baby face! It's wonderful isnt it??? I try to get on here to see how everyone is doin, even though I am no longer PG..lol  Well I hope everyone is doin great. My lil Noah is 3 months and almost 17lbs, quiet the chunker...lol

[pcarsey]

Jen- Aww.. I'm sure it will get better for you soon!! I'm sure Noah will start sleeping better soon. I don't have any real secrets, other then maybe giving him a bath and a massage every night before I put him down to bed? Other then that, I'm not sure what is working.  

I told DH I wanted a camera too, it's hard capturing all these great moments of Brayden wehn he has the camera! It will have to wait a bit though because he is just getting back to work! He is really wonderful, I couldn't have survived the last few weeks without him, that's for sure! So unlike my last marriage.. Thank God!!

I saw those pics.. he is absolutely gorgeous and what a big help Brandon is!! It's great seeing them so into the new babies isn't it? I just love watching my kids with Brayden, takes my breath away!!

I did post two pics I have of Brayden.. the one with the *eyes* absolutely takes his daddy's breath away and makes him sob!!!! Ahh.... LOVE!!!

I wish you the best and I hope that things get better all around!!

[40smama]

I too am shocked at Brayden's cooperative sleep schedule - you lucky dog!  Noah continues to be up and hungry evey two to three hours even being bottlefed. Glad that breastfeeding is going well even if it's a little tricky.  You sound really good, Patty!  I'm envious!

We're getting Noah's poor daddy who's frantically trying to lose weight a bike so he can ride it to work.  I want to give him a nicer camera as I want his for myself.  One nice thing has happened though:  he took 6 weeks off from work (paternity leave) to be w/his son and me.  He still works occasionally for a few hours here and there but we have him to ourselves the majority of the time.  He goes back next week :-((.  Your dh sounds wonderful also!

Congrats on your weight loss!  I wish I could say the same:  I've only lost about 20 pounds which includes the pregnancy weight but since I was overweight to begin with, I have far to go.

Thanks for keeping the list updated, Patty.  I think it's wonderful that you're continuing to do this - post those pics ASAP.  I have some lovely ones of Noah and his big brother who's almost 24 holding him.  It was precious especially since big bro's scared of his little baby bro.

I'm glad everything's going well - again, you sound wonderful!  I'm having a little harder time of it but it's refreshing to read that you're doing great - jen